A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in SWS Sws Simple Web Server 0.1.7 (Web Server). Affected is the function syslog. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Format string vulnerability in SWS web Server 0.1.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that are not properly handled in a syslog function call.

The weakness was disclosed 05/01/2006 by Dedi Dwianto (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-2115 since 05/01/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (26158). The entry 29981 is pretty similar.

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